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enHe’s jazzed by sound of Puerto Ricohttp://www.marsalismusic.com/news/he%E2%80%99s-jazzed-sound-puerto-rico
<p>Publication: <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/04/18/hes-jazzed-by-sound-of-puerto-rico.html" target="_blank">The Columbus Dispatch</a><br />
Author: Kevin Joy<br />
Date: April 18, 2012<br />
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New York musician Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="1">Zenon</span> has filtered the music of his Puerto Rican homeland through a jazz&nbsp;lens.</p>
<p>For his latest album, <em>Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="2">Adentro</span>: The Puerto Rican Songbook</em>, the 35-year-old alto saxophonist began with familiar music composed in the <span data-scayt_word="1920s" data-scaytid="3">1920s</span> to the <span data-scayt_word="1970s" data-scaytid="4">1970s</span> — cuts not quite <span data-scayt_word="anthemic" data-scaytid="5">anthemic</span> but much ingrained in his native&nbsp;land.</p>
<p>“They’re a part of the culture in Puerto Rico,” said <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="6">Zenon</span>, who has a bachelor’s degree from <span data-scayt_word="Berklee" data-scaytid="8">Berklee</span> College of Music in Boston and a master’s from Manhattan School of Music in New&nbsp;York.</p>
<p>Though long enamored of jazz, he found that highlighting his roots held even more&nbsp;allure.</p>
<p>“As much as I like . . . (American standards), I didn’t feel as personally&nbsp;connected.”</p>
<p>Such a fusion has paid off for <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="9">Zenon</span>, whose <em>Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="10">Adentro</span></em> was deemed the best jazz album of 2011 by National Public&nbsp;Radio.</p>
<p>It came on the heels of a 2008 MacArthur Fellowship — the “genius grant” that provides $500,000 apiece to cutting-edge individuals in science and the&nbsp;arts.</p>
<p>Such credit “does make people notice you a little more,” he&nbsp;said.</p>
<p>More exposure will occur on Thursday, when <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="13">Zenon</span> performs with a quartet at the <span data-scayt_word="Wexner" data-scaytid="16">Wexner</span> Center for the Arts as part of the <span data-scayt_word="35th" data-scaytid="17">35th</span> annual Ohio State University Jazz&nbsp;Festival.</p>
<p>He talked this week from New Orleans.<br />
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Q: With no prior warning about being given the MacArthur grant, how did you react to the initial phone call?<br />
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A: It was a surprise for me — very pleasant. In terms of what that’s done for me and my life and everything, aside from the obvious financial connotation, it definitely opened a lot of doors and brought a little more attention to what we’re&nbsp;doing.</p>
<p>It’s given me a lot of freedom with my time — to play with the people I want to play with, financing my own recordings and projects.<br />
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Q: How did you select and interpret fare for your latest&nbsp;album?</p>
<p>A: The approach in general was just to think about these songs the same way you’d think about the great American songbook and how that’s become an essential part of the jazz&nbsp;lexicon.</p>
<p>A lot of the . . . ( <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="18">Adentro</span> selections) were written at the same time, when all this Tin Pan Alley stuff was happening. I felt I had a personal connection with these songs I’ve been hearing since I was a kid — through my parents or just on the radio or playing in school.<br />
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Q: Did any one song have a particularly strong&nbsp;pull?</p>
<p>A: Definitely the title track. The composer, Sylvia <span data-scayt_word="Rexach" data-scaytid="20">Rexach</span> — she’s a favorite of my mother.<br />
My mom, I remember, . . . was always singing her songs in the&nbsp;house.</p>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-13/entertainment/ct-ent-0414-miguel-zenon-20120413_1_esta-plena-pianist-luis-perdomo-alma-adentro" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a><br />
Author: Howard Reich<br />
Date: April 13, 2012<br />
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The ingeniously paced, handsomely played set that alto saxophonist Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="1">Zenon</span> offered Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase very nearly summed up the man&#8217;s appeal in small-group&nbsp;settings.</p>
<p>For if <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="2">Zenon</span> had affirmed has ability to hold his own in an orchestral setting last February, when he fronted the Chicago Jazz Ensemble at the Harris Theater, this time he led his quartet in expansive performances of both new and familiar repertoire. Virtually every piece in his first set emerged a model of pacing and architectural clarity, themes appearing and re-appearing at carefully chosen moments, instruments entering and exiting the ensemble texture for maximum dramatic effect. Yet, somehow, the music sounded free and spontaneous while conveying unmistakable structure and form.<br />
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Not surprisingly, the heart of the set was built on scores from <span data-scayt_word="Zenon's" data-scaytid="7">Zenon&#8217;s</span> most recent recording, &#8220;Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="9">Adentro</span>,&#8221; in which <span data-scayt_word="Zenon" data-scaytid="3">Zenon</span> re-imagined classic popular songs of his Puerto Rican heritage through the prism of jazz improvisation. As strong as this music sounded on <span data-scayt_word="disc" data-scaytid="10">disc</span>, however, in some ways it proved still more effective in this performance, thanks largely to the bloom of <span data-scayt_word="Zenon's" data-scaytid="8">Zenon&#8217;s</span> tone in full-throated passages and the delicacy of his sound&nbsp;elsewhere.</p>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
<a href="/releases/esta-plena">Esta Plena</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/10100/116/" target="_blank">JazzPolice.com</a><br />
Author: Ronaldo Oregano<br />
Date: April 8, 2012<br />
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Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="8">Zenón</span> represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often-contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a composer and as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Latin American Folkloric Music and Jazz.&nbsp;&nbsp; <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="9">Zenón</span> received a fellowship from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Foundation&nbsp;April 2008&nbsp;to work on the project that would later become his 2009 release <span data-scayt_word="Esta" data-scaytid="16">Esta</span> Plena. Later that year he was one of 25 distinguished individuals chosen to receive the coveted MacArthur Grant, also know as the “Genius Grant”. Hear his genius at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago on Thursday, April <span data-scayt_word="12th" data-scaytid="18">12th</span> through Sunday, April <span data-scayt_word="15th" data-scaytid="19">15th</span>. His quartet also features Luis <span data-scayt_word="Perdomo" data-scaytid="20">Perdomo</span> on piano, Hans <span data-scayt_word="Glawischnig" data-scaytid="22">Glawischnig</span> on bass, and Henry Cole on drums.<br />
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Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="10">Zenón</span> was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, he studied classical saxophone at the famed <span data-scayt_word="Escuela" data-scaytid="63">Escuela</span> <span data-scayt_word="Libre" data-scaytid="64">Libre</span> de <span data-scayt_word="Musica" data-scaytid="65">Musica</span>. Although <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="11">Zenón</span> was exposed to jazz while in high school, it wasn’t until he began his studies at the <span data-scayt_word="Berklee" data-scaytid="67">Berklee</span> School of Music that his formal jazz training began. After graduating from <span data-scayt_word="Berklee" data-scaytid="68">Berklee</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="12">Zenón</span> received a scholarship to attend Manhattan School of Music and in 2001, he received a Masters in Saxophone Performance.&nbsp;&nbsp; The distinguished list of educators he has studied with include: Angel <span data-scayt_word="Marrero" data-scaytid="69">Marrero</span>, Leslie Lopez, Rafael Martinez, <span data-scayt_word="Danilo" data-scaytid="70">Danilo</span> Perez, Dick <span data-scayt_word="Oatts" data-scaytid="71">Oatts</span>, Dave <span data-scayt_word="Liebman" data-scaytid="72">Liebman</span>, George <span data-scayt_word="Garzone" data-scaytid="73">Garzone</span> and Bill&nbsp;Pierce.</p>
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<a href="/miguel-zenon">Miguel Zenón</a>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
<a href="/releases/esta-plena">Esta Plena</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://irockjazz.com/2012/03/miguel-zenon-blended-at-the-roots/" target="_blank">irockjazz.com</a><br />
Author: John Moultrie and<em> </em><span data-scayt_word="Nyasha" data-scaytid="1">Nyasha</span> <span data-scayt_word="Nyamapfene" data-scaytid="2">Nyamapfene</span><br />
Date: March 2012<br />
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Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenon’s" data-scaytid="3">Zenon’s</span> story is remarkable. Growing up in a barrio in Puerto Rico that was originally a settlement for freed African slaves, he discovered his calling in jazz as a teenager. Miguel arrived in Boston in 1996 having never studied jazz, yet 12 years later he received a MacArthur Genius grant and a Guggenheim award for his ability to blend the folkloric music of his island with America’s own original art form –&nbsp;jazz.</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="iRockJazz" data-scaytid="4">iRockJazz</span> spoke with Miguel during his most recent visit to Chicago about growing up surrounded by the music of San Juan, how jazz changed his life, and how he has connected jazz with the music of Puerto Rico. Miguel describes more broadly where he sees jazz headed globally, and the extent to which the genre continues to transcend&nbsp;itself.</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="iRJ" data-scaytid="5">iRJ</span> – Tell me a little about your home town in Puerto Rico, your early beginnings, and how you began with the&nbsp;music.</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="MZ" data-scaytid="6">MZ</span> – I grew in San Juan, Puerto Rico in a neighborhood called <span data-scayt_word="Santurce" data-scaytid="7">Santurce</span>. It was a very traditional neighborhood linked to a lot of folklore. Music was around all the time. There was a gentleman in the neighborhood who taught music to kids for free every day. The idea was he’d teach you music theory and once he thought you were ready, you’d pick an instrument and join the marching&nbsp;band.</p>
<p>Initially I chose piano, but you can’t play piano in the marching band, so I chose saxophone. Funny enough when the time came, I was admitted to <span data-scayt_word="Escuela" data-scaytid="8">Escuela</span> <span data-scayt_word="Libre" data-scaytid="9">Libre</span> de <span data-scayt_word="Musica" data-scaytid="10">Musica</span> – the local music school. A lot of musicians, like David Sanchez, went there. So I never got to play in the marching band because I enrolled in the school fulltime from <span data-scayt_word="7th" data-scaytid="11">7th</span> grade, learning classical&nbsp;music.</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="iRJ" data-scaytid="12">iRJ</span>- So what year did you move to the&nbsp;US?</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="MZ" data-scaytid="13">MZ</span> – I moved to the US in 1996, two years after I finished high school. Around the time I was finishing at the school (I was 15 or 16) I started listening to jazz – Charlie Parker, John <span data-scayt_word="Coltrane" data-scaytid="16">Coltrane</span>, etc. Before that, I enjoyed music, but I really never thought I could make a living doing it. But when I discovered jazz, it really made a difference. It felt like a calling – something I could really relate to. I made up my mind to pursue jazz. From the time I graduated from high school, I started gigging, saving money, and trying to find scholarships, so that I could go to <span data-scayt_word="Berklee" data-scaytid="17">Berklee</span>.</p>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/arts/music/the-saxophonist-miguel-zenon-at-montclair-state.html?_r=1" target="_blank">The New York Times</a><br />
Author: Ben Ratliff<br />
Date: February 7, 2012<br />
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MONTCLAIR, N.J. — It’s been a while since the saxophonist and composer Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="1">Zenón</span> has written a tune that wasn’t about something bigger than itself. Generally, he works without words or straight narrative — his medium is the small-to-medium-size jazz group — but he makes his music embody something: a process, a lesson, an idea.<br />
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Mr. Zenón was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and usually his bigger thoughts have arrived in the form of roots-minded albums, like his three records about aspects of his island’s musical culture: “Jíbaro” (2005), about the song form of back-country troubadours; “Esta Plena” (2009), about his island’s voice-and-percussion tradition; and “Alma Adentro” (2011), about Puerto Rico’s 20th-century&nbsp;standards.</p>
<p>On Saturday night at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University he took the next organizational and conceptual step forward into a 90-minute multimedia work, “Puerto Rico Nació en Mi: Tales From the&nbsp;Diaspora.”</p>
<p>Performed for the first time, it involved his quartet, a 12-piece big band and video backdrop; it was commissioned by Peak Performances, Montclair State’s performing arts series. Mr. Zenón hasn’t written for big band before, or done the kind of deep cross-media collaboration going on here, between his music and the work of the video artist David Dempewolf. (Mr. Dempewolf worked on another jazz-related piece several years ago, Jason Moran’s “In My Mind.”) But already the project seems about as good as it could reasonably be in concept and&nbsp;execution.</p>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
<a href="/content/j%C3%ADbaro-0">Jíbaro</a>
<a href="/releases/esta-plena">Esta Plena</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://nbclatino.tumblr.com/post/16992968205/musician-scholar-miguel-zenon-weaves-puerto-rican" target="_blank">NBC Latino</a><br />
Author: Nina <span data-scayt_word="Terrero" data-scaytid="1">Terrero</span><br />
Date: February 3, 2012<br />
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It’s early in the morning, just days before the world premiere of a special project that Latin jazz saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón lovingly calls his “baby.” Chatting moments before heading off to rehearsal for “Puerto Rico Nació: Tales from the Diaspora” (which will be presented this weekend at Montclair State University in New Jersey), Zenón says that his passion project embodies the notion of identity “inspired by the Puerto Rican experience in the United States, and especially New York&nbsp;City.”</p>
<p>At 35-years-old, Zenón is regarded one of the most influential Latin jazz musicians of his&nbsp;generation.</p>
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<a href="/miguel-zenon">Miguel Zenón</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/02/miguel_zenn_what_it_means_to_b.html" target="_blank">Star-Ledger</a><br />
Author: Tad Hendrickson<br />
Date: February 3, 2012<br />
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Alto saxophonist Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón’s" data-scaytid="1">Zenón’s</span> six albums balance jazz and Puerto Rican folk traditions with modern innovation in imaginative ways that have been universally acclaimed. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008, and “Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="2">Adentro</span>: The Puerto Rican Songbook” (2011) earned him his most recent Grammy&nbsp;nomination.</p>
<p>This Saturday, he marks another milestone with the world premiere of “Puerto Rico <span data-scayt_word="Nació" data-scaytid="3">Nació</span> en Mi: Tales from the Diaspora” at Montclair State University. Whereas his last album was a large ensemble tribute to five great Puerto Rican composers, the Puerto Rico-born, New York-based <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="4">Zenón</span> uses another large ensemble to explore how Puerto Ricans and their children define&nbsp;themselves.</p>
<p>“The project was born out of the idea of digging deeper into the concept of Puerto Ricans (coming) to New York City; some people call them <span data-scayt_word="Nuyoricans" data-scaytid="8">Nuyoricans</span>,” says <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="5">Zenón</span>, 35, who released his first album as a leader in 2002. “It started with me reading about it in a couple of books and personal experiences I’ve had in New York. The idea was to see how they felt about their identity, whether they felt like Puerto Ricans or like a New&nbsp;Yorker.”</p>
<p><span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="7">Zenón</span> culled specific themes from the video and audio clips he recorded during interviews, and these will be part of the multifaceted performance thanks to video artist David <span data-scayt_word="Dempewolf" data-scaytid="11">Dempewolf</span>, who also will add his impressionistic&nbsp;imagery.</p>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_19284760" target="_blank">San Jose Mercury News</a><br />
Author: Andrew Gilbert<br />
Date: November 10, 2011<br />
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Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="1">Zenón</span> is a musician with a&nbsp;mission.</p>
<p>Over the past six years, the Puerto Rican alto saxophonist has waged a fierce, single-minded campaign to make the jazz world aware of the island&#8217;s musical riches. On two previous releases, 2005&#8217;s &#8220;<span data-scayt_word="Jibaro" data-scaytid="3">Jibaro</span>&#8221; and 2009&#8217;s &#8220;<span data-scayt_word="Esta" data-scaytid="4">Esta</span> Plena,&#8221; <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="2">Zenón</span> combined his rigorous, mathematically structured post-bop vocabulary with folkloric Afro-Puerto Rican&nbsp;styles.</p>
<p>In a shift toward soaring lyricism, his latest album, &#8220;Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="5">Adentro</span>&#8221; (<span data-scayt_word="Marsalis" data-scaytid="6">Marsalis</span> Music), is a ravishing orchestral session interpreting standards by five beloved Puerto Rican songwriters: Bobby <span data-scayt_word="Capó" data-scaytid="7">Capó</span>, <span data-scayt_word="Tite" data-scaytid="8">Tite</span> <span data-scayt_word="Curet" data-scaytid="9">Curet</span> Alonso, Pedro Flores, Rafael <span data-scayt_word="Hernández" data-scaytid="10">Hernández</span> and Sylvia <span data-scayt_word="Rexach" data-scaytid="11">Rexach</span>.</p>
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<a href="/miguel-zenon">Miguel Zenón</a>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
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<p>Publication: <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-29/ae/29941814_1_alma-adentro-tite-curet-alonso-popular-music" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a><br />
Author: Bill <span data-scayt_word="Beuttler" data-scaytid="1">Beuttler</span><br />
Date: August 29, 2011<br />
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Having devoted previous albums to modern jazz interpretations of the <span data-scayt_word="jibaro" data-scaytid="2">jibaro</span> and plena folk-music forms of his native Puerto Rico, the brilliant alto saxophonist Miguel <span data-scayt_word="Zenón" data-scaytid="3">Zenón</span> is now doing the same for the island’s popular music. On “Alma <span data-scayt_word="Adentro" data-scaytid="6">Adentro</span>: The Puerto Rican Songbook,’’ <span data-scayt_word="Zenón’s" data-scaytid="7">Zenón’s</span> longstanding quartet - including pianist Luis <span data-scayt_word="Perdomo" data-scaytid="9">Perdomo</span>, bassist Hans <span data-scayt_word="Glawischnig" data-scaytid="10">Glawischnig</span>, and drummer Henry Cole, augmented by a 10-piece wind ensemble - offers boldly <span data-scayt_word="virtuosic" data-scaytid="11">virtuosic</span> <span data-scayt_word="reworkings" data-scaytid="12">reworkings</span> of two tunes apiece from five of Puerto Rico’s most beloved&nbsp;songwriters.</p>
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<a href="/miguel-zenon">Miguel Zenón</a>
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<a href="/releases/alma-adentro">Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.marsalismusic.com/news/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-%E2%80%98alma-adentro-puerto-rican-songbook%E2%80%99" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.marsalismusic.com/news/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-%E2%80%98alma-adentro-puerto-rican-songbook%E2%80%99#commentsalma adentromiguel zenonpuerto ricopressTue, 30 Aug 2011 18:32:25 +0000Courtney1767 at http://www.marsalismusic.comMiguel Zenón is organizing free jazz performances in Puerto Ricohttp://www.marsalismusic.com/news/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-organizing-free-jazz-performances-puerto-rico
<p>Caravana Cultural is a project born out of a personal desire to present music at its purest form. Our main&nbsp;objective is to bring music directly to the people, setting aside any financial or business related interest. Just&nbsp;Music, Plain and Simple. By focusing on Jazz Music, we intend to eliminate any social or political stigma that&nbsp;could be tied to this style of music, while also taking this music to places where the public has had little or no&nbsp;exposure to&nbsp;it.</p>
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<a href="/miguel-zenon">Miguel Zenón</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.marsalismusic.com/news/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-organizing-free-jazz-performances-puerto-rico" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.marsalismusic.com/news/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-organizing-free-jazz-performances-puerto-rico#commentscaravana culturaljazz traditionmiguel zenonpress releasepuerto ricoFri, 11 Feb 2011 20:11:30 +0000Courtney1492 at http://www.marsalismusic.com